Mplus VERSION 8.8
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04/19/2022  11:20 PM

INPUT INSTRUCTIONS

  TITLE:	    this is an example of a three-level growth model with
  	        continuous factor indicators and one covariate on each of
              the three levels
  DATA:       FILE = ex9.23.dat;
  VARIABLE:   NAMES = y1-y4 x w z level2 level3;
              CLUSTER = level3 level2;
  	        WITHIN = x;
  	        BETWEEN = (level2) w (level3) z;
  ANALYSIS:	TYPE = THREELEVEL;
  MODEL:      %WITHIN%
  	        iw sw | y1@0 y2@1 y3@2 y4@3;
              iw sw ON x;
              %BETWEEN level2%
  	        ib2 sb2 | y1@0 y2@1 y3@2 y4@3;
              ib2 sb2 ON w;
              %BETWEEN level3%
              ib3 sb3 | y1@0 y2@1 y3@2 y4@3;
              ib3 sb3 ON z;
              y1-y4@0;
  OUTPUT:     TECH1 TECH8;



INPUT READING TERMINATED NORMALLY



this is an example of a three-level growth model with
continuous factor indicators and one covariate on each of
the three levels

SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS

Number of groups                                                 1
Number of observations                                        7500

Number of dependent variables                                    4
Number of independent variables                                  3
Number of continuous latent variables                            6

Observed dependent variables

  Continuous
   Y1          Y2          Y3          Y4

Observed independent variables
   X           W           Z

Continuous latent variables
   IW          SW          IB2         SB2         IB3         SB3

Variables with special functions

  Cluster variables     LEVEL3    LEVEL2

  Within variables
   X

  Level 2 between variables
   W

  Level 3 between variables
   Z


Estimator                                                      MLR
Information matrix                                        OBSERVED
Maximum number of iterations                                   100
Convergence criterion                                    0.100D-05
Maximum number of EM iterations                                500
Convergence criteria for the EM algorithm
  Loglikelihood change                                   0.100D-02
  Relative loglikelihood change                          0.100D-05
  Derivative                                             0.100D-03
Minimum variance                                         0.100D-03
Maximum number of steepest descent iterations                   20
Maximum number of iterations for H1                           2000
Convergence criterion for H1                             0.100D-02
Optimization algorithm                                         EMA

Input data file(s)
  ex9.23.dat
Input data format  FREE


SUMMARY OF DATA

     Number of LEVEL2 clusters                1500
     Number of LEVEL3 clusters                  50



UNIVARIATE SAMPLE STATISTICS


     UNIVARIATE HIGHER-ORDER MOMENT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

         Variable/         Mean/     Skewness/   Minimum/ % with                Percentiles
        Sample Size      Variance    Kurtosis    Maximum  Min/Max      20%/60%    40%/80%    Median

     Y1                    0.491      -0.027      -8.550    0.01%      -1.334     -0.048      0.500
            7500.000       4.896       0.026       9.155    0.01%       1.045      2.359
     Y2                    0.824      -0.039      -9.778    0.01%      -1.404      0.161      0.823
            7500.000       7.219       0.047      10.352    0.01%       1.506      3.079
     Y3                    1.243      -0.001     -11.337    0.01%      -1.616      0.357      1.221
            7500.000      11.663       0.029      14.827    0.01%       2.124      4.129
     Y4                    1.627       0.048     -14.574    0.01%      -1.951      0.561      1.585
            7500.000      17.975       0.033      18.327    0.01%       2.648      5.185
     X                     0.008       0.008      -4.119    0.01%      -0.842     -0.260      0.001
            7500.000       1.013       0.013       4.022    0.01%       0.268      0.856
     W                     0.030      -0.083      -3.508    0.07%      -0.792     -0.208      0.029
            1500.000       1.007       0.037       2.958    0.07%       0.269      0.851
     Z                     0.017      -0.103      -2.337    2.00%      -0.642     -0.245     -0.036
              50.000       0.823      -0.067       2.055    2.00%       0.254      0.731


THE MODEL ESTIMATION TERMINATED NORMALLY

     THE H1 MODEL ESTIMATION DID NOT CONVERGE.  CHI-SQUARE TEST AND SAMPLE STATISTICS COULD NOT
     BE COMPUTED.




MODEL FIT INFORMATION

Number of Free Parameters                       25

Loglikelihood

          H0 Value                      -56044.769
          H0 Scaling Correction Factor      0.9835
            for MLR

Information Criteria

          Akaike (AIC)                  112139.537
          Bayesian (BIC)                112312.604
          Sample-Size Adjusted BIC      112233.159
            (n* = (n + 2) / 24)



MODEL RESULTS

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

Within Level

 IW       |
    Y1                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y2                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y3                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y4                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000

 SW       |
    Y1                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y2                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y3                 2.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y4                 3.000      0.000    999.000    999.000

 IW         ON
    X                  0.986      0.018     55.928      0.000

 SW         ON
    X                  0.501      0.009     55.777      0.000

 SW       WITH
    IW                -0.011      0.012     -0.909      0.363

 Residual Variances
    Y1                 0.981      0.037     26.763      0.000
    Y2                 1.011      0.026     38.621      0.000
    Y3                 1.007      0.023     44.625      0.000
    Y4                 0.959      0.038     24.949      0.000
    IW                 1.045      0.033     31.797      0.000
    SW                 0.212      0.010     21.462      0.000

Between LEVEL2 Level

 IB2      |
    Y1                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y2                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y3                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y4                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000

 SB2      |
    Y1                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y2                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y3                 2.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y4                 3.000      0.000    999.000    999.000

 IB2        ON
    W                  0.393      0.032     12.450      0.000

 SB2        ON
    W                  0.193      0.015     12.595      0.000

 SB2      WITH
    IB2                0.006      0.020      0.314      0.754

 Intercepts
    Y1                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y2                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y3                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y4                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    IB2                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    SB2                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000

 Residual Variances
    Y1                 0.533      0.051     10.368      0.000
    Y2                 0.493      0.032     15.398      0.000
    Y3                 0.468      0.037     12.514      0.000
    Y4                 0.512      0.073      7.036      0.000
    IB2                0.440      0.049      8.919      0.000
    SB2                0.201      0.013     16.010      0.000

Between LEVEL3 Level

 IB3      |
    Y1                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y2                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y3                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y4                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000

 SB3      |
    Y1                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y2                 1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y3                 2.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y4                 3.000      0.000    999.000    999.000

 IB3        ON
    Z                  0.506      0.103      4.921      0.000

 SB3        ON
    Z                  0.286      0.065      4.401      0.000

 SB3      WITH
    IB3                0.017      0.052      0.333      0.739

 Intercepts
    Y1                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y2                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y3                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y4                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    IB3                0.443      0.110      4.023      0.000
    SB3                0.368      0.064      5.723      0.000

 Residual Variances
    Y1                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y2                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y3                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y4                 0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    IB3                0.568      0.110      5.142      0.000
    SB3                0.195      0.037      5.321      0.000


QUALITY OF NUMERICAL RESULTS

     Condition Number for the Information Matrix              0.576E-04
       (ratio of smallest to largest eigenvalue)


TECHNICAL 1 OUTPUT


     PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR WITHIN


           NU
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            X
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                    0             0             0             0             0


           LAMBDA
              IW            SW            X
              ________      ________      ________
 Y1                 0             0             0
 Y2                 0             0             0
 Y3                 0             0             0
 Y4                 0             0             0
 X                  0             0             0


           THETA
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            X
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1                 1
 Y2                 0             2
 Y3                 0             0             3
 Y4                 0             0             0             4
 X                  0             0             0             0             0


           ALPHA
              IW            SW            X
              ________      ________      ________
                    0             0             0


           BETA
              IW            SW            X
              ________      ________      ________
 IW                 0             0             5
 SW                 0             0             6
 X                  0             0             0


           PSI
              IW            SW            X
              ________      ________      ________
 IW                 7
 SW                 8             9
 X                  0             0             0


     PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR BETWEEN LEVEL2


           NU
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            W
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                    0             0             0             0             0


           LAMBDA
              IB2           SB2           W
              ________      ________      ________
 Y1                 0             0             0
 Y2                 0             0             0
 Y3                 0             0             0
 Y4                 0             0             0
 W                  0             0             0


           THETA
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            W
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1                10
 Y2                 0            11
 Y3                 0             0            12
 Y4                 0             0             0            13
 W                  0             0             0             0             0


           ALPHA
              IB2           SB2           W
              ________      ________      ________
                    0             0             0


           BETA
              IB2           SB2           W
              ________      ________      ________
 IB2                0             0            14
 SB2                0             0            15
 W                  0             0             0


           PSI
              IB2           SB2           W
              ________      ________      ________
 IB2               16
 SB2               17            18
 W                  0             0             0


     PARAMETER SPECIFICATION FOR BETWEEN LEVEL3


           NU
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            Z
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                    0             0             0             0             0


           LAMBDA
              IB3           SB3           Z
              ________      ________      ________
 Y1                 0             0             0
 Y2                 0             0             0
 Y3                 0             0             0
 Y4                 0             0             0
 Z                  0             0             0


           THETA
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            Z
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1                 0
 Y2                 0             0
 Y3                 0             0             0
 Y4                 0             0             0             0
 Z                  0             0             0             0             0


           ALPHA
              IB3           SB3           Z
              ________      ________      ________
                   19            20             0


           BETA
              IB3           SB3           Z
              ________      ________      ________
 IB3                0             0            21
 SB3                0             0            22
 Z                  0             0             0


           PSI
              IB3           SB3           Z
              ________      ________      ________
 IB3               23
 SB3               24            25
 Z                  0             0             0


     STARTING VALUES FOR WITHIN


           NU
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            X
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           LAMBDA
              IW            SW            X
              ________      ________      ________
 Y1             1.000         0.000         0.000
 Y2             1.000         1.000         0.000
 Y3             1.000         2.000         0.000
 Y4             1.000         3.000         0.000
 X              0.000         0.000         1.000


           THETA
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            X
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1             2.448
 Y2             0.000         3.610
 Y3             0.000         0.000         5.831
 Y4             0.000         0.000         0.000         8.987
 X              0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           ALPHA
              IW            SW            X
              ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.000         0.000


           BETA
              IW            SW            X
              ________      ________      ________
 IW             0.000         0.000         0.000
 SW             0.000         0.000         0.000
 X              0.000         0.000         0.000


           PSI
              IW            SW            X
              ________      ________      ________
 IW             0.050
 SW             0.000         0.050
 X              0.000         0.000         0.507


     STARTING VALUES FOR BETWEEN LEVEL2


           NU
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            W
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           LAMBDA
              IB2           SB2           W
              ________      ________      ________
 Y1             1.000         0.000         0.000
 Y2             1.000         1.000         0.000
 Y3             1.000         2.000         0.000
 Y4             1.000         3.000         0.000
 W              0.000         0.000         1.000


           THETA
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            W
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1             2.448
 Y2             0.000         3.610
 Y3             0.000         0.000         5.831
 Y4             0.000         0.000         0.000         8.987
 W              0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           ALPHA
              IB2           SB2           W
              ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.000         0.000


           BETA
              IB2           SB2           W
              ________      ________      ________
 IB2            0.000         0.000         0.000
 SB2            0.000         0.000         0.000
 W              0.000         0.000         0.000


           PSI
              IB2           SB2           W
              ________      ________      ________
 IB2            0.050
 SB2            0.000         0.050
 W              0.000         0.000         0.504


     STARTING VALUES FOR BETWEEN LEVEL3


           NU
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            Z
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           LAMBDA
              IB3           SB3           Z
              ________      ________      ________
 Y1             1.000         0.000         0.000
 Y2             1.000         1.000         0.000
 Y3             1.000         2.000         0.000
 Y4             1.000         3.000         0.000
 Z              0.000         0.000         1.000


           THETA
              Y1            Y2            Y3            Y4            Z
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y1             0.000
 Y2             0.000         0.000
 Y3             0.000         0.000         0.000
 Y4             0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000
 Z              0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000         0.000


           ALPHA
              IB3           SB3           Z
              ________      ________      ________
                0.000         0.000         0.000


           BETA
              IB3           SB3           Z
              ________      ________      ________
 IB3            0.000         0.000         0.000
 SB3            0.000         0.000         0.000
 Z              0.000         0.000         0.000


           PSI
              IB3           SB3           Z
              ________      ________      ________
 IB3            0.050
 SB3            0.000         0.050
 Z              0.000         0.000         0.412


TECHNICAL 8 OUTPUT


   E STEP  ITER  LOGLIKELIHOOD    ABS CHANGE   REL CHANGE  ALGORITHM
              1 -0.71621723D+05    0.0000000    0.0000000  EM
              2 -0.57636758D+05 ************    0.1952615  EM
              3 -0.56176111D+05 1460.6471596    0.0253423  EM
              4 -0.56059338D+05  116.7729583    0.0020787  EM
              5 -0.56047719D+05   11.6187999    0.0002073  EM
              6 -0.56045524D+05    2.1949573    0.0000392  EM
              7 -0.56044975D+05    0.5496387    0.0000098  EM
              8 -0.56044826D+05    0.1486447    0.0000027  EM
              9 -0.56044785D+05    0.0413947    0.0000007  EM
             10 -0.56044773D+05    0.0117124    0.0000002  EM
             11 -0.56044769D+05    0.0033512    0.0000001  EM
             12 -0.56044769D+05    0.0009641    0.0000000  EM


   TECHNICAL 8 OUTPUT FOR THE H1 MODEL


   TECHNICAL 8 OUTPUT FOR THE BASELINE MODEL


   E STEP  ITER  LOGLIKELIHOOD    ABS CHANGE   REL CHANGE  ALGORITHM
              1 -0.71655147D+05    0.0000000    0.0000000  EM
              2 -0.71654179D+05    0.9680467    0.0000135  EM
              3 -0.71653808D+05    0.3712120    0.0000052  EM
              4 -0.71653657D+05    0.1505440    0.0000021  EM
              5 -0.71653595D+05    0.0621802    0.0000009  EM
              6 -0.71653569D+05    0.0259899    0.0000004  EM
              7 -0.71653558D+05    0.0109517    0.0000002  EM
              8 -0.71653554D+05    0.0046410    0.0000001  EM
              9 -0.71653552D+05    0.0019745    0.0000000  EM
             10 -0.71653551D+05    0.0008424    0.0000000  EM


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